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Indian railways target 100% electrification by December 2023
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Business Insider | 31/01/2022 05:34 PM | Click to read full article
The Indian Railways (IR) has set a target of 100 per cent electrification of its network by December 2023, said economic survey 2021-22.
To achieve this target with creation of other infrastructure in the sector, the government has increased the CAPEX (Capital expenditures) by five fold in the last seven years.